Enhanced Electrochemical Kinetics on Conductive Polar Mediators for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 55; no. 42; pp. 12990 - 12995
• Main Authors: Peng, Hong-Jie, Zhang, Ge, Chen, Xiang, Zhang, Ze-Wen, Xu, Wen-Tao, Huang, Jia-Qi, Zhang, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 10.10.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Chemical precipitation; Chemical reactions; Chemisorption; Conductors; Dioxides; Electrical conductivity; Electrical resistivity; Electrochemical analysis; Electrochemistry; Energy storage; Flux density; Graphene; Intermediates; Kinetics; Lithium; Lithium sulfur batteries; Nanoparticles; polysulfides; porous graphene frameworks; Reaction kinetics; shuttle effect; Storage batteries; Sulfides; Sulfur; Titanium; Titanium carbide; shuttle effect; polysulfides; titanium carbide; lithium-sulfur batteries; porous graphene frameworks

Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries have been recognized as promising substitutes for current energy‐storage technologies owing to their exceptional advantage in energy density. The main challenge in developing highly efficient and long‐life Li–S batteries is simultaneously suppressing the shuttle effec...